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Executive Compensation Disclosure: Final Rule

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Summary by Linda E. Rappaport and Doreen E. Lilienfeld of Shearman & Sterling LLP Ms. Rappaport, Practice Group Leader of the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits/Private Clients Group, specializes in all aspects of executive compensation and benefits, including corporate, securities and tax laws, and ERISA. She has extensive expertise in the design and implementation of executive incentive programs, including equity-based plans, retirement and welfare plans, and the negotiation and preparation of employment contracts and severance arrangements, with a particular specialization in the financial services, media and technology industries. Her experience includes the representation of global, U.S. and non-U.S. companies and their Boards of Directors in corporate governance and in executive compensation matters.

Ms. Lilienfeld is a partner in the Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group. She has been involved in a wide variety of compensation-related matters, including the design and implementation of compensation plans, regulatory compliance, proxy statements and employment negotiations with senior executives. Additionally, she has primary responsibility for compensation and benefits issues relating to corporate finance, private equity and other mergers and acquisitions transactions. Ms. Lilienfeld has advised both U.S. and non-U.S. issuers on corporate governance issues, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and stock exchange regulations relating to compensation and benefits matters.

Shearman & Sterling LLP has been advising many of the world's leading corporations and financial institutions, governments and governmental organizations for more than 130 years.

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